Begun in a weekly paper in 1881, Bierce's "dictionary" of barbed definitions includes cynical epigrams, maxims, essays, and verses that illustrate the irreverent humor of the nineteenth-century satirist as he lampoons cherished American traditions.

"Learn first colors in English and Spanish! With a pronunciation guide and a flap to lift on each page, babies will love learning their colors in both languages, and get a head start on being bilingual"--

A pictorial vocabulary book with words grouped under common activities such as mealtime and basic concepts such as weather.

The reader who wants to know what are the quietest, silliest, smelliest, wiggliest things in the world finds imaginative answers to these and other questions about superlatives.

"Winter is the perfect time for ice skating, and what would summer be like without baseball? Learn the signs for the four seasons, as well as for the weather and activities that traditionally go along with each." --

"Young readers will be absolutely thrilled when they learn a variety of signs to help them express how they feel. Happiness, excitement, and amazement are simply a few of the emotions that kids experience--and will know how to sign--when they finish reading this book." -- Demonstrates how to sign the words for different feelings and emotions.

Word Bird puts words about Halloween in his word house, introducing such words as "witches," "costumes," and "masks."